A Speed Skating Coot
The huge, goofy-looking feet of coots aren’t made to run on anything, least of all incredibly slick ice.
Category: Bird Oddities
Prairie Falcon With A Few Surprises In Store For Me
Bird photographers never know what we’ll see in our photos that we didn’t notice in the field. My shots of this Prairie Falcon taken two days ago surprised me in more ways than one.
Female Belted Kingfisher Shaking Her Head
A subtle variation in head-shaking style between species that most bird lovers have probably noticed but I suspect few have given any thought to.
A Ferruginous Hawk And A Red-tailed Hawk With Unusual Plumages
Two raptors that caught my eye recently because of their out of the ordinary plumages.
Western Grebe Trying To Walk With Little Success
Grebes of all species very rarely try to walk or even come out of the water onto a solid surface. Because of their unusual anatomy standing and walking are almost impossible tasks but this one made the attempt anyway. The results were hilarious.
Western Meadowlark – Intruder On The Rockpile
An Unusually Cooperative Belted Kingfisher
I’ve bitched and moaned for years about how difficult kingfishers are to get close to but yesterday morning this amazingly cooperative female made me feel guilty about badmouthing them for it.
Wilson’s Snipes At Farmington Bay WMA Yesterday Morning
Photos From Yesterday That Made Me Laugh…
A Fruit-eating Yellow Warbler
Yellow Warblers are known to eat insects and spiders almost exclusively. This one didn’t get the message.
One Of My Best Looks At A Gray Catbird
And my first look ever at a recently hatched Spotted Sandpiper chick. This little guy is cute as snot.
A Western Grebe, A Chick And A Feather
Grebes eat feathers. Lots of feathers. In fact grebes are the only birds known to regularly and deliberately eat their own feathers.
Mated Pair Of Western Tanagers With Bad News About The Female
Sometimes I find things that are disturbing when I finally get around to looking more closely at some of my photos. Thankfully it doesn’t happen very often but that doesn’t make it any easier when it occurs.
Western Tanager On Aspen
Bathing Cinnamon Teal x Green-winged Teal Hybrid
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Prairie Falcon With A Few Surprises In Store For Me
Bird photographers never know what we’ll see in our photos that we didn’t notice in the field. My shots of this Prairie Falcon taken two days ago surprised me in more ways than one.
Female Belted Kingfisher Shaking Her Head
A subtle variation in head-shaking style between species that most bird lovers have probably noticed but I suspect few have given any thought to.
A Ferruginous Hawk And A Red-tailed Hawk With Unusual Plumages
Two raptors that caught my eye recently because of their out of the ordinary plumages.
Western Grebe Trying To Walk With Little Success
Grebes of all species very rarely try to walk or even come out of the water onto a solid surface. Because of their unusual anatomy standing and walking are almost impossible tasks but this one made the attempt anyway. The results were hilarious.
Western Meadowlark – Intruder On The Rockpile
An Unusually Cooperative Belted Kingfisher
I’ve bitched and moaned for years about how difficult kingfishers are to get close to but yesterday morning this amazingly cooperative female made me feel guilty about badmouthing them for it.
Wilson’s Snipes At Farmington Bay WMA Yesterday Morning
Photos From Yesterday That Made Me Laugh…
A Fruit-eating Yellow Warbler
Yellow Warblers are known to eat insects and spiders almost exclusively. This one didn’t get the message.
One Of My Best Looks At A Gray Catbird
And my first look ever at a recently hatched Spotted Sandpiper chick. This little guy is cute as snot.
A Western Grebe, A Chick And A Feather
Grebes eat feathers. Lots of feathers. In fact grebes are the only birds known to regularly and deliberately eat their own feathers.
Mated Pair Of Western Tanagers With Bad News About The Female
Sometimes I find things that are disturbing when I finally get around to looking more closely at some of my photos. Thankfully it doesn’t happen very often but that doesn’t make it any easier when it occurs.
